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, 1887-03-23
ONLY ONE MEAL A DAY.


Che Queer Life Led by Nuns in u Cou-
vent-Evcntiess beyond Description.
According to the code of Abelard the
convent was divided into six functions,
all alike subject to the direction of the
abbess. The sacristan was responsible
for the convent treasury; she kept the
keys, and had the care of the church
plate and sacred vessels; and it was her
duty to set the virgin sisters to prepare
the waters for the host, which must not
be made by widows. The chantress
taught singing and reading, had care of
she was expected to add by copying and
illuminating manuscripts. The head of
the infirmary had charge of the sick.
Another sister was mistress Of the
wardrobe and responsible not only for all
the spinning, weaving and sowing neces-
sary for the event, but also for the tan
ming and cobbling. The cellarer had in
her charge the wires for the altar and the
sick. the provisions of tho table and the
management of whatever the convent
possessed in orchards and garden land,
flocks and herds and hives, trout streams
and mills. Lastly, the d~oorkeeper. who
was especially chosen for courteous man
ners, Judgment and trustworthiness, was
responsible for the keeping Of the gate,
the entertainment of guests and the dis
tribution of hospitality.
Life in the convent was not hard, but
m%onotonous, eventless beyond description
"a perpetual alienation of broken sleep.
repeated tasks and prayer. In the middle
of the night the sisters rose for mathis
and, the Office over. trooped back through
the darkness to the dormitory. There
they slept till lauds, which were sung at
the break of day. In summer, when
lauds were early, the sisters slept again
till prime. At prime they left the dormi-
tory, having first washed their hands,
and taking their books, repaired to tho
~cloister to read and sing until the Office
should begin.
Service over, they all assembled in the
chapter house, where n lesson out Of the
M~artyrology was read to them and ex-
pounded. On leaving the chapter each
nun was sent to fulfill her allotted task
singing or sewing, nursing or baking
until the hour of tierce, when mass was
said. They then resumed their work till
noon, the sixth hour, which was the con-
vent dinner time, except on fast days,
when it was postponed till nones, or in
Lent, when nothing was eaten till after
vespers at A.
The convent fare was simple and spare,
save for the sick. No wine, stale bread
of coarse flour, roots and greens and, at
discretion of the abbess, a portion of I'M
favored meat on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays. From the autumn equinox
till Easter, on account of the shortness of
the days, this one meal was considered
sufficient for all save the infirm.-Fort-
nightly Review.
, 1887-03-23
HOW DOLLS ARE MADE.
The Manufacture of the Aristocrntit
Paper Pulp Doll.

Inc manufacture OF the AfIstOcfhtfc
Paper Pulp Doll.
The doll fraternity may be divided into
several races, differing in development
and in artistic execution. There is the
old fashioned wooden doll, whose shrunk-
en- shanks are sometimes covered with q
shredly garments. This is the poor girls
doll. Then there is another wooden doll,
but more polished, whose limbs and
trunk are padded and covered with white
leather. Sometimes this species has q
porcelain head on it. There is also a
dummy doll, made of India rubber,
whose sole virtue is that it is unbreak-
able.
Then comes the aristocratic doll, which
is made out of nothing else but paper,
with a porcelain head, but it is quite q
superior creature. This is the doll which
is made i'll Paris to-day. Hundreds Of
thousands of them are exported every
year, and sell at anything from so cents
up to $500. 1t is not many years since
this new rae first appeared, but it has
already driven its predecessors out of the
market in Paris. Here is how it is made.
The paper pulp is first worked into a
fine mortar. Then the dolls are nodded
bit by bit. One workman will mold moth
ing but arms, another the feet, and 50 on.
When the trunks and limbs are shaped
and dried they are painted. They get
five coats of whitish paint, and are then
vanished. After this elastic bands are
inserted in the arms and legs to keep them
together. The joints are made workable,
and into whatever position you may put
an arm or leg it will stick there.
The head is more difficult to make than
the body. 1t is as already observed, made
out of porcelain. After being nodded
the heads are put into an oven and are
burned for twenty-seven hours. Then they
are rubbed with pumice stone and pol
ished. Then they are painted. and the
painting and coloring of a dolls head is
a ticklish business, requiring, as the
French say, the utmost delicatesse. The
dolls eyes are made on the same principle
as artificial human eyes. Its hair is wool
from wild goats in the mountains of
Thibet. To turn out n of these dolls
thirty different persons are required.
In order to find out who buys these
big dolls, which are too big for children
and too expensive for ordinary people, |
called on NJ. Juneau, the inventor or
father of the doll | have described, who
employs 500 workmen and women in his
factory, and a number. of outsiders be-
sides. After giving me some general
particulars about the doll industry he re-
marked:
'The very largest dolls, about three
and a half feet in height, and costing 20
francs $50 without clothes, are gener-
ally bought by shopl-cepers to put in
their windows and serve to show off boys
and girls dresses. Then young ladies of
IS and 30 buy dolls to keep in practice
dressmaking with them. They are also
used for ornaments in houses, because a
well and artistically made doll is a
thing Of beauty. Which are the greatest
doll buying countries? Well, after France,
Russia or the United States go in most
for dolls de luxe. We also send Il great
m., to Spain, but very few to England.
The English do not spend much money
on dolls. Paris Cor. st. Louis Repub-
lican.
, 1887-03-23

The poet Lnngfellow received few let
tiers in his long life which gave him more
amusement than one from an imprisoned
lover, requesting him to write an ardent
valentine for him to send to his beloved.
''Imagine yourself young again, wrote
the swain, land deeply in love with a
young lady, who returns your passion,
and who has promised to be your wife.
Then write me such a poem rs you would
write for yourself"
The letter concluded thus: "P.S.-Send
bill. Youths Companion.
, 1887-03-23
GOLDEN ROD.


On, golden rod,
Didst thou net know how long the winter lasted,
How YEARLY we waited for the spring?
Couldst thou not wait through waning sign Of
summerY
Not yet quite fling
Thou ;houghtlcss, eager footed conner
Alon the road and DER each green hillside
1ay Eolien banners wide?
Dost thou not know how long we watched the
pine tips
Ecforc they opened all their golden storel
Hos long before tho gray old marble branches
Burned red to tell that spring had come once
morcs
Before the alder tassels dropped and quivered
Above the rare green in the meadow mercy
Before the earth stirred softly with the stirring
OF germ and r~ootlet, and we could not hearl
All no! thou knowest not, No sign of sorrow
Is in thy face. No vigils dost thou keep:
For thee there is no rest and no tomorrow.
What Is not joy to thee 10 dreanilcss sleep.
Thou slcepest warm through all the lingering
winter;
There starts no memory where thou art laid;
Blind to the future, too, thou lnowest never
How short the time before thou, too, must fade
Thou art some wild beacon, broadly fiaring.
Startling from rocky height, the peaceful town
That cries in flame along the far horizon,
behold, tho enemy comes sweeping down.
A-ise. for rest is pasti Beat out the plowsharci
Forge cleaning blade and spearl Grid swor
on thighi"
From hill to hill thy signal fires leap blazing;
Fer to tee .srth they light up oil the sky.
Unconscious herald Thine to bear the tidings,
Tho certain winter it is sure to know.
The waiting Is SO weary long, and summer
We scarcely know her ere she turns to go.
Oh, golden rod. Couldst thou no longer tarryi
Droop the red clover, fades the elders snow:
The iireweed dies as dies the waving daisy,
While far and wide thy yellow banners blow.
Oh, golden rod
Thou didst not know how long the winter lasted,
How YEARLY We waited for the spring.
Thou couldst not wait, thou sign of wani,2
summer,
That nov dost Hing
Thou thoughtless, eager footed conner
Along the road and DER each green hillside
Thy golden banners wide.
, 1887-03-23
HILLS STAGE
N EXPRESS COMPANY

Coaches leave Chugwater daily Except
Sundays) on arrival of the G. & n.
tram, touching Fort Laramie, Rawhide
Buttes and Lusk, and connect with the
Chicago K Northwestern railroad at Lusk
and for Sundance, Buffalo, Fort Fetter-
man, Fort Mckinney, Douglas, (Wyo.),
Fort Robinson and Chadron in Nebraska,
and Rapid City, Spearish and Deadwood,
Oak.
The cheapest and shortest route by
twenty four hours.
The U. S. mail carried. We have first
class eating stations, and our division
agents take all pains to secure the com
fort OF passengers.
f. 4. LoNGHURsr, Agent.
, 1887-03-23

The present system is but Il oulse of
mental dissipation, and our children are
fast becoming mental dyspeptics. They
nibble bits of twenty kinds of cake
and take iniiiitesimal doses of beef and
potatoes. May be they would not get on
% faust in the curriculum, but the work
of the world is done by draft horses, who
would cut but n sorry figure on the race
track. This touch and go system must
be abandoned and ii its stead a substan-
tial English education of reading. writing
AMI q .,io.ing substituted. %. S. Cook.
, 1887-03-23

Mrs. Society," suppose you never hear
of your daughter, who eloped with that
young %bricklayer? Mrs. Oldham-Yes,
he has got rich and they are living in
New York in fine style. Tin I ism COM
fort, certainly. Has the for il noble
man who married your other daughter
returned to his castles YETI ''Ohl no;
he is just in love with America, and says
he wouldn't think of going back to
Europe" ''Indeedl Where have they
been during the last three or four years.
Visiting the bricklayor. Omaha
World.
, 1887-03-23
Disorders winch Anect ,ne,KIdneys

Are among the most formidable known.
Diabetes, Bright's disease, gravel and
other complaints of the urinary organs,
are not ordinarily cured in severe cases,
but they may be averted by timely medi
cation. A useful stimulant OF the urinary
glands has ever been found in Hostetter's
stomach Bitters. a medicine which not
only affords the requisite stimulus when
they become inactive, but increases their
vigor and secretive power. By increasing
the activity OF the kidneys and bladder,
this medicine has the additional effect Of
expelling rom the blood impurities which
it is the peculiar office of those organs to
eliminate and pass Of. The bitters is also
a purifier and strengthener of the bowels,
an invigorant of the stomach. and a match
less remedy for biliousness and fever and
ague. 1t counteracis a tendency to pre-
mature decay, and sustains and comforts
the aged and lntirm.
, 1887-03-23

Mr.. VIM. Westlake, stock raiser and
breeder Of thoroughbred horses, living
near Avoca, Neb., was badly injured by
being thrown from a sulky. After using
numerous liniments and consulting phys
%icians, without being afforded any relief,
he obtained a bottle Of Chamberlain
Pain Balm from the druggist at Avoca,
which he began using and noticed a
change for the better after a few applica
tons; in two weeks he entirely recovered
the use of his nm. 1t is unequalled for
severe bruises and sprains, rheumatism
and lame back. Sold by w. n. Hunt.
, 1887-03-23

Items of Interest Concerning Prominent
PeOple,

NJ. Sachs has returned from Denver.
Abe Idelman is absent on a business
trip.
Harry Bush went down to Denver yes
terday.
Mrs. Chas. Martin has gone to Denver
on n short visit.
|. X. Alter, formerly of Cheyenne, is
running for mayor of Grand Island, Neb.
Judge Maginnis has had an official call
to Laramie City to preside during the
trial ola case there.
, 1887-03-23

The blne protto of Capri is Threatened
either with destruction or being closed to
the public. An American has bought
the land over it, and he claims that every
thing below the surface belongs to him.
In vindicaiion of his right he has brought
IA suit. If he wins it he will be able to
close the grotto, IL he loses he will be
able to make II hole through its ceiling,
which will put an end to the blue leflec-
tons inside it.-Chicago Tribune.
, 1887-03-23

James Bags who until the past month
has been in the employ of the railroad
company. has fallen heir to an estate in
the old country, which Is said to be worth
in the neiphborhood of $500, 900. Since
he left this city where he has resided for
several years. he has been stationed at
Omaha, but still regards Cheyenne as his
home. He will probably 20 to the old
country very soon to look after his wealth.
, 1887-03-23

The chief interest associated with the
new infusorial earth discovered in Ala
bama IS in its being largely composed Of
very minute, cylindrical, tapering, semi
transparent, irregular, corkscrew shaped
spirals Of infusorial sick, which in their
fragmental condition initiate Arabic wri-
ting characters, or the curved form of the
Roman letters, as U o and w. The
study Of the fossil infusorial earths is
most fascinating Science.
, 1887-03-23
Invisible Platinum wire.

1t has been demonstrated that platinum
wirc may be drawn so fine as to he invis-
iblc to the naked eye, although its pres
ence IN II perfectly white card can be
detected by the touch, and can he seen
by the aid Of a small magnifying glass
when the card is held in such n position
that the wire casts n shadow New York
Gttp
, 1887-03-23
That Tired Feeling

Afflicts nearly every one in the spring.
The system having become accustomed to
the bracing air of winter, is weakened by
the warm days Of the changing season and
readily yields to attacks of disease. Hoods
~Sarsaparilla is Just the medicine needed.
1t tones and builds up every part of the
tody and also expels all impurities from
the blood. Try it this season.
, 1887-03-23

The hest salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands. chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, 25 cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-03-23

Yale's new instructor in gymnastics
proposes to introduce some forms OF exer-
cises which have heen neglected there for
years, or have never been followed. and
will lay stress on all round gymnastics,
running, jumping, shot putting and bar
exercise. Chicago Times.
, 1887-03-23

II have n theory about the dead lam
guages, remarked n Brown university
freshman. "A think they were killed by
being studied too hard. Providence
telegram.
, 1887-03-23
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT CHEyKNNl

LAND OFFICE AT CHEYENNE, l
Wyo,, March /, I 1887. I
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has le notice of his Intention
to make final proof In support OF his claim. and
that said proof will be made before the register
and receiver at Cheyenne. Wyo., on April .,
1887. viz Ina v. Binker. widow of thar'es
I Hlnker, who made homestead application
No: 1872. for the sw 4 see 20. tip ID N, + So W.
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
OF SAID land, viz n X Davis. , harles Hall,
s. ID. Hovey. W. ID. Garrett NJ Cheyenne. " 20.
EDGAR y. WILSON, Register
, 1887-03-23

NON>N triAe with any Throat or
AON Lung Disease. II you have
n Cough or Cold. or the children are
threatened with Croupo or Whooping Cough,
use Acker's English Remedy and proven
further trouble. 1t is a positive cure,
and we guarantee it. Price 10 and Doc
Pearsc K McGill, Druggists.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08

where the nerve threads meet. A bees
brain is a bigger ganglion placed in its
head, divided-like ours-into two
lobes. In queens and drones the brain
in small. The worker has proportion
ally twice as much as the aunt, and
more than twenty times as much as the
cockchafer. Intelligent though it is,
we need not suppose it to be a high
class mathematician because its cells
are hexagonal. Mr.. Cheshire says that
if you pus soap bubble on bit of
slate one side gets tlattened Put an
other to it and the contiguous walls be-
come quite fiat. owing to the equal ten
sion on the two sides. Now add five
more bubbles, so that the first occupies
the center; cross section of this cen
trail bubble will now be perfectly hex
agonal, all the contiguous walls of the
seven bubbles being flat, the free ones
curved. This is the case in the hive,
the free walls Of the comb always run
ming in a sweep, the hexagonality be-
ing simply due to the pressure of one
bee against another as they are work
inc. -lW the Year ROund,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08
About the Bee.

There is the bees eye, with its hun
dreds Of facets, each presenting the
same image-this is proved by separa-
ting the many-sided cornea and looking
through it with microscope at a
candle flame. The bee, moreover, be-
sides its pair of faceted eyes, carries on
the top OF its head three simple eyes
very convex, for short distance vision
Then there are it's antenn;p, whereby it
feels it's way in the dark hive and
which give it moreover it's exquisite
power OF smell. Bees can hear, too,
though Sir John Lubbock thinks not.
They seem deaf because, like wise
people, they only attend to such sounds
as concern them; their own hives
roar" the stragglcrs can hear very
long way Off, and Mr.. Cheshire thinks
that the old key and warming pan
music at swarming time is by no means
exploded. Their impassivencss under
many kinds of sound he compares with
that Of most human beings in thunder
storm; we are as ii we heard not,
whereas. if child cries for help, we
wake into activity. Bees clearly are
not given to waste emotion or nerve
force. They have q nervous system,
with ganglions-i. e., knots or Jumps
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08
A Spanish. Dinner

Our bill of fare created a sans,u
The landlord and all the waters l oa
in turns to look at the extraord;saaa e
Englishmen who had such aiaaaS
appetites. Here is the exact e' s,
We began with olives and n I;,e1a
pimentos and guindelias and pl ch;1:d
These were the hors dpuures. N nm
cigarettes. Then we had an ord; inea
thin soup, followed by cigarettes. 4 aaS
then came the great national d ;la
called cocido. Ii you have a good | d;ll'
of cocido pronounced cothido beca usa
of the Spanish lisp given to the c h ssass
certain vowels) you have a good d.,
for your dinner. 1t is a sayorr s aeal
OF chicken, potatoes, sausage. bosoa
and white beans, all boiled up w;tl
pieces of beef. y WIN
The foreigner who is suddenlv con
fronted with a huge dish of cocido e ans
promptly requested to help himsalf ' ~
in some difficulty. He takesa spoons,
at hazard. The waiter still stands 'a u.
his elbow. "tThe senior has only tala at
beans" Again you make dash WIFI
the spoon and secure something elsa
The waiter stares, but does not mova
away. The senior has only taken
sausage" The senior, confused W.
quests the waiter to assist him. ,n1
then the process, though slow, is intar "
esting. "A spoonful Of beans on tho
plate; then, selected with the creates.
care, piece OF chicken; then . patient
search for Il slice of sausage. bur;e1
under mound of cabbage; then tba
cabbage ITSELF then minute devoto1
to voyage ofdiscovery in search Of Tho
incest piece of beef; then an exploration
in search Of a succulent morsel of la,
con; then spoonful of potatoes, and
then. over all, an extra spoonful of the
beautiful gravy. l timed my waiter
a1l he took Sc minutes and half 70
help me to oocido. When the dish
passes down table d'hote it takes
about an hour to 40 round. It is for
this reason that the Spaniards helm
themselves all together at the same
lime from the common dish,
The next item after cigarettes was q
Spanish salad. This salad is prepared
in peculiar way and spread out upon
bread into which the oil and vinegar
have been allowed to soak. This. too,
was excellent. Then more cigarettes,
then cheese made of honey and cream
and several other ingredients which re-
quire to be taken on trust, and then
after more cigarettes, some "angels
hair, which is really preparation of
orange rind very thinly SHREDDED.
The wines with this feast were Val.
depenas-a red wine made from grapes
grown on the rocky plains around
Madrid-and Jerez, which, of course, i.
sherry.
To finish the evening in real Span.
ish way, after going to a rather low
Spanish cafe to see the real Spanish
dancing, we had before retiring to rest
''Dos chocolates con- Ptca tostcs;;" and
that. if you please, is two cups of thick
chocolate with square fingers Of bread
beautifully fried in olive oil. And we
weren't ill.-GeOlac Z. Sinlnls.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-07-08
Giving Mary Ann n Show.

A young lady told me once Of attend
ing little Catholic church in the couA'
try near where she was spending the
summer. Being regular attendant AZ
a large city church of that faith, she
was painfully conscious of the ford and
Pretentlous character of the music AZ
tempted by the ambitious little cho!f'
and of their absolute hopeless inablll'S
to perform it. The relation between
the pastor and the congregation was
evidently Of the simplest and most i'll,
affected nature. In the "Gloria" there
occurred a long and snowy sopfap
solo, III cheap imitation Of the ltallaI1
style. The young lady who attemptea
1t sang gayly on till the clergyman e'l
IDENTIFY thought that she had enjoyed
her fair share of attention and glot,.
Accordingly, he raised his hand as a So
nal, and the music ceased.
Let that young girl with the ls .r
leather have done singin', and let AaI,
Ann Guilty sing the rest" There VI" 10
a little hesitation in the choir, and l''
resumed. "The service will not 50 u
until Mary Ann Las show" =,
Accordingly Mnry Ann took her ~, M
nlngs, and the Young girl with the i ~,
feather was left nowhere. -Ha'Is'
Weekly.